Vocabulary activity for Chapter 27-28 of On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
"The _____ winds whizzed by and the hungry cattle never stopped lowing."
whimpering
scorching
picketing
"One Sunday she read to them about the _____ of locusts, long ago in the Bible times."
locust
plague
hairpin
"'And the _____ went up over the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt.'"
pickets
scorches
locusts
"Ma picked her up, but she pushed at Ma and _____, 'You're hot!'"
whimpered
scorched
sweltered
"Laura and Mary were _____ inside their underwaists and drawers, and petticoat-necked dresses with tight waistbands around their middles."
whimpering
hairpining
sweltering
"Every morning Laura put Sam and David on _____ lines, so they could eat the good grass, too."
picket
scorch
hairpin
"Her hand shook so she could hardly take a _____ from her hair."